King's Middle Gate
The King's Middle Gate was one of the side gates in the inner city wall of Aachen , which is also called the inner ring , first wall or Barbarossa wall . This was built at the instigation of Emperor Friedrich I between 1171 and 1175 and ran roughly where the inner ring of the city of Aachen still runs today. The King's Middle Gate was demolished in 1783.
history
The "Königstor", initially called "Königstor", received the addition "Mittel" in the course of the construction of the second city wall, where another Königstor was built in the continuation of Königstraße . This tried to avoid confusion.
The King's Middle Gate was built as a replacement for the inlet gate of the Johannisbach and the Kortscheil Gate .
location
The King's Middle Gate was located in the west of Aachen in the so-called Barbarossa Wall between the Jakobs Middle Gate and the Pont Middle Gate , not far from today's crossing of Königstraße, Templergraben and Karlsgraben.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ ATUATUKA: Caesar's legionary camp in Aachen By Axel Hausmann
Web links
- Maps and pictures of Aachen from AD 900 to 1599
- Picture gallery of the gates and towers of the Aachen city wall
Inner city wall: Besterdertor | Harduinstor | Jacob's Middle Gate | Kölnmittelor | King's Middle Gate | Marching Center Gate | Neutor | Pont Middle Gate | Shear gate | Ursuline Gate
Outer city wall: Adalbertstor | Mountain gate | Jacob's Gate | Junkerstor | Kölntor | King's Gate | Marching Gate | Ponttor | Rostor | Sandkaultor | Wirichsbongardstor
Coordinates: 50 ° 46 ′ 32.4 " N , 6 ° 4 ′ 34" E